Author Guidelines

The Paradigm Chronicle

A Scholarly Platform for Academic Inquiry, Critical Reflection and Multidisciplinary Research

Submit through the Online Submission System

Authors should submit manuscripts through the Online Submission System available on the journal website. The submitted file should be editable and prepared according to the journal's manuscript requirements, ethical policies and prescribed format.

Criteria for Manuscript Submission

✓ Originality: The manuscript must represent original scholarly work, must not contain plagiarism and should not involve any form of fabricated, falsified or misleading academic content.

✓ Exclusive Submission: The manuscript should not ordinarily be under simultaneous review or consideration by another journal or publisher at the time of submission.

✓ Academic Quality: The manuscript should demonstrate a clearly identifiable scholarly purpose, intellectual contribution and relevance to its field of inquiry.

✓ Clarity: The manuscript should be written in clear, coherent and academically appropriate language, with arguments and findings presented logically.

✓ Research Integrity: Data, findings, quotations, interpretations, references and other scholarly material must be represented honestly and accurately.

✓ Journal Scope: The manuscript should be relevant to academic inquiry, critical thought or an appropriate multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary or disciplinary field considered by the journal.

✓ Disclosure: Authors should disclose relevant funding, acknowledgements, competing interests and other information necessary for transparent scholarly publication.

Preparation before Submission

Authors should prepare manuscripts carefully in accordance with the journal's formatting instructions, manuscript template and publication-ethics requirements. The manuscript should be complete, logically organised, appropriately referenced and carefully proofread before submission.

All author names, institutional affiliations, email addresses and corresponding-author information must be accurate. The order of authors should be finalised before submission and should reflect the agreement of all listed contributors.

Manuscripts containing incomplete author information, inconsistent references, serious formatting deficiencies or missing ethical declarations may be returned for correction before editorial evaluation.

Manuscript Structure

Original research manuscripts should normally contain the following components. The precise structure may vary according to the discipline, methodology and nature of the research.

Review articles, conceptual papers, critical essays, case studies, theoretical investigations and other scholarly contributions may adopt a structure appropriate to their discipline and content, provided that the organisation remains logical, transparent and academically suitable.

Manuscript Format

Responsible Attribution of Authorship

Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation or preparation of the submitted work.

All listed authors should approve the final manuscript, agree to its submission and accept appropriate responsibility for the integrity and accuracy of the work. Individuals who provided limited technical, administrative, advisory or financial assistance should normally be acknowledged rather than listed as authors.

Gift authorship, honorary authorship, guest authorship and ghost authorship are inconsistent with responsible scholarly publication.

Any request to add, remove or rearrange authors after submission should be supported by an appropriate explanation and agreement from the affected contributors and may be subject to editorial review.

Original Scholarly Work

Every submitted manuscript should represent original scholarship and should properly acknowledge all words, ideas, theories, arguments, data, images, figures, tables, findings and other intellectual material obtained from external sources.

Submitted manuscripts may be examined through similarity-detection software together with manual editorial assessment. A numerical similarity percentage should not be interpreted in isolation; the nature, location, source and academic significance of matched material may also be considered.

Direct plagiarism, mosaic plagiarism, inappropriate paraphrasing, translation plagiarism, data plagiarism, duplicate publication and substantial undisclosed reuse of previously published material are unacceptable.

Responsible Technology Use

Artificial-intelligence and automated tools may be used only as supportive instruments under meaningful human supervision. Such technologies should not replace original research, critical analysis, independent interpretation or scholarly judgement.

Artificial-intelligence systems cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Human authors remain responsible for the originality, accuracy, authenticity, references, data, conclusions and ethical compliance of every part of the submitted manuscript.

Where generative artificial intelligence has been materially used to produce or substantially revise text, analysis, code, images, data presentation, translation or interpretation, authors should disclose the nature and purpose of such use in accordance with the journal's AI policy.

Research Ethics and Informed Consent

Accuracy and Proper Attribution

Authors are responsible for ensuring that every reference included in the manuscript corresponds to a genuine and relevant scholarly source. Bibliographic information should be checked carefully for accuracy and completeness before submission.

Quotations, paraphrased ideas, data, theories and other material derived from previous scholarship should be cited appropriately. References should not be included merely to increase citation counts or for purposes unrelated to the intellectual requirements of the manuscript.

Fabricated references, nonexistent publications, false DOI information, invented quotations and misleading citation practices are incompatible with scholarly integrity.

Independent Scholarly Evaluation

Submitted manuscripts undergo preliminary editorial screening to assess their relevance to the journal, academic quality, originality, formatting and compliance with applicable publication-ethics requirements.

Manuscripts considered suitable for further assessment are ordinarily subjected to a double-blind peer-review process by qualified reviewers possessing appropriate subject or methodological expertise.

Following peer review, the editorial decision may include:

Reviewer recommendations are advisory. The final editorial decision rests with the responsible Editor or authorised Editorial Committee after consideration of reviewer reports, manuscript quality, revisions, ethical compliance and applicable journal policies.

Responding to Reviewer and Editorial Comments

Authors receiving a revision request should carefully consider every substantive observation made by reviewers and editors. The revised manuscript should clearly address the issues identified during evaluation and should be accompanied by a point-by-point response where requested.

Where an author does not agree with a particular recommendation, a respectful and academically reasoned explanation should be provided. Authors are not required to accept every suggestion mechanically, but substantial concerns should be addressed adequately.

Submission of a revised manuscript does not automatically guarantee acceptance. Depending upon the extent of the changes, the revised version may be reassessed by the Editor or returned to reviewers for further evaluation.

Documents and Final Requirements

Copyright and Third-Party Permissions

Transparency in Scholarly Publication

Authors should disclose financial, professional, institutional or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research, interpretation or publication of the manuscript.

Relevant research grants, sponsorship or financial support should be acknowledged where applicable. Where a funder or sponsor influenced study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation or manuscript preparation, the nature of such involvement should be transparently reported.

The existence of a declared competing interest does not automatically prevent publication; transparent disclosure enables appropriate editorial consideration.

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